This may be the first 180 I've ever done, but the following was in my dreams...
I wrote:
Dragons. Once the most powerfull predators ever to walk the Earth, they ruled even the dinosaurs. They reigned for thousands of years, even over humans for a while. In China, the Dragons held the most power, directly controlling their chosen emperor.
But sadly, this was not to last. As the humans studied the dragons, and learned their weaknesses, unrest grew. Then, the Great Rebellion. Accross the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Russia humans massed together and slaughtered their former protectors. The Dragons retaliated, but were unable to defend themselves. Thus, in the year 487 B.C., the last Dragonlord was overthrown, and by order of every ruler accross the Earth, all memory of the Dragon Kings was obliterated.
This was not the end of the Dragons, though. A select few banded together under the leadership of a wyvern named Anorius, and through his studies, altered their bodily structures to mimic humans, and thus excaped discovery.
To this day, the Dragons hide among us. Their numbers are steadily growing, as they prepare for the coming future when they will throw off their disguises and reclaim the Earth as their realm.
Dreams are a connection to the spirit world, and so I trust them.
Yes, but do you think that maybe some of them, originals or born through human and dragon/human matings would forget that they are dragons? Lost in a human body but feeling different and not even realizing what they are?
That could also be a possible origin for certain halflings.